[TenTec] Re: Better control with multiple RX antennas

[Ken Brown]

Bill,

Please excuse if I have already told you this. If you are going to put 
much effort into a receive antenna switching system, I recommend using 
pushbutton control verses a rotary switch. The reason being that when 
the two or three antennas that are best for receiving a particular 
station are not adjacent on the rotary switch, having to switch through 
the other non-desirable antennas is really annoying, and a waste of 
time. I'm sure you already know that the antenna that is best for a 
particular station is often not the one you would expect. And often the 
second best antenna is not the one that should have the pattern next to 
the number one antenna.

I wish I had the antenna and switching setup now that I had seven years 
ago. I was using a Kenwood TS-440 then, and seven two wire Beverages 
with a reed relay switching system. Now I have a Omni VI and not enough 
space for a Beverage. I often wonder how my contest score would have 
been if I had the Omni back when I had those antennas.

DE N6KB